By Emilee VanDeGrift
Emilee: What is special about the ACE program at Ridgetop? Barbara Bromley: We begin with learning the principles of flight, opportunities available in the aviation field, different types of aircraft. Later, we learn how to fly. We incorporate art, music, guest speakers,and videos, simulation, design opportunities using software, and field trips. Emilee: What do you mainly do in ACE? Barbara Bromley: We have fun learning together. Emilee: What is your favorite thing to teach? Barbara Bromley: I love seeing students truly understand how to fly. When they successfully complete a flight simulation including their understanding of flight principles. Emilee: What is one thing I should know about ACE? Barbara Bromley: You get to move around in a three dimensional space. How cool is that ! Emilee: How long have you been teaching ACE? Barbara Bromley: One year Emilee: What do you like about ACE? Barbara Bromley: My enthusiastic students and the aviation community. Individuals from the aviation industry are so willing to help and support it. By Kylie Deerwester
SILVERDALE - With wet feet and sticky hands, Stephanie Render’s Honors History class experienced what it was like in a WWI trench. Students were told to bring a pair of socks in a bag and a stuffed animal or an empty can or water bottle. They did not know what Render was planning until the day of the project. They would be offered extra credit if they brought all three items Render then put the socks they brought in water and made them put them on. After that they sat on the tarp and put their hands in flour and water. All this was later revealed to show them what it was like in a WW1 trench. “It was not at all what I expected, It was kinda exciting but also so unexpected,” says eighth grader Maleia Manzano. On May 17th, students walked in and noticed right away that there was a huge blue tarp in the middle of the classroom. The stuffed animals they brought were surrounding the tarp and the cans and water bottles were in the center of the tarp. The cans and water bottles represented the trash that was everywhere. The animals represented all the rats that were there. The wet socks represented the wet feet that the soldiers have and had to live with it. The flour and water represented the bathing that the soldiers got to have. “It was so gross, I was like the most disgusting thing I’ve ever done at school,” says eighth grader Morgen Simons. At the end they understood what it was like in a WWI trench. By Bethany Vickers
SILVERDALE--This past month our Raiders have been working hard, trying their best and putting their best work forward for their SBA testing. SBA or Smarter Balanced testing is our state’s standardized testing program. It is used to show what we know and how much we know through a Classroom Adaptive Test and a Performance Task on subjects such as math, english language arts, and for our eighth graders science. On the first day of testing, which for us this year was on Tuesdays, students had to report to their testing classrooms and take the Classroom Adaptive Test or CAT, which is a series of questions designed to gather information on what the students in each grade learned throughout the year. Day one of testing was on May 9th.The next day students were given a Performance Task to show how well they could gather and retain information on a certain topic chosen randomly. They then had to write about it or solve a series of math problems based on the topic. The science test for eighth graders went faster than expected. Students only had to take a Science CAT about the things they learned in Earth Science. “The science SBA was easier than I thought it would be; it was really short,” said 8th grader Kydn Dibert Over all our Raiders worked hard, breathed, and took it one problem at a time. Students were so good at testing and staying focused that the last day of testing finished early, giving us regular 3-6 periods. This also happened for our eighth graders during their science testing. Good Job Raiders!!! |
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